KABR Annual Meeting and Elections - 
    Legislative Luncheon - Wichita
    schedule 
   
  Kansas Association of Beverage Retailers – P.O. Box 3842, Topeka, KS  66604 – 785-266-3963      campbell525@sbcglobal.net
  Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
  October 16-18, 2015
  
   Hotel at Old Town
  First & Mosley, 830 East First, Wichita, KS 67202   1-316-267-4800
  Request KABR Group - Make your reservations NOW.
   
  Friday – October 16
  5 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.     Reception/ Fundraiser for Senator Ralph Ostmeyer and Senator Rob Olson
  Lakeside Club, 2121 N. Webb Road, Wichita, KS  67206
  7:30 p.m.    Retailer Dinner / Outing - Group is reserved for separate checks at AVI Seabar and Chophouse, 135 N. Waco, Wichita, KS 67202 (inside the Drury Inn)
  Saturday – October 17    
  8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Registration & Morning Coffee -  Lobby  - Old Town Conference Center
                                                     
  9:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.   Retailer Education Seminar:   - Earn your certificate for completing certified retailer education.  Seminar educates licensees and clerks to prevent underage and other illegal sales - and teaches you to find answers to your day to day questions. 
  11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Vendor Exhibits and Silent Auction   (Setup 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.)
  12:00 - 1:30 p.m.  Legislators Luncheon - Fighting Liquor Sales by Big Box, Grocery and Convenience Stores... and other issues from the State Legislature - An Informal Roundtable with State Legislators, Featuring Guest Jeanne McEvoy, President of the Colorado Licensed Beverage Association.      
  1:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Retailers RoundTable: GOLD Mtg, 2015 Liquor Law Review and Product  Seminars  
  1:45 p.m.  Introduce Exhibitors  
  
  1:55 p.m.  GOLD Meeting - Goals of Liquor Dealers member group discussion, breakdown of legislative issues and strategy.  Learn about proposed constitutional liquor ballots in Oklahoma and Colorado. Review Liquor Control Act amendments from 2015.
  
  2:30 p.m.    Product Seminar:  Bourbon Tasting
     Adam Clary, Standard Beverage and Jim Beam Brands
  
  3:10 p.m.  Break 
  
  3:25 p.m.    Product Seminar: Craft Beer Tasting   Steven Haines, House of Schwan
  
  
  6:30 p.m. KABR Kansas Industry Dinner  
  We can't be successful without our industry partners!  Join industry partners and fellow retailers to celebrate  with our annual dinner and awards presentations. 
  9:00 p.m. Hospitality Suite  -  Hotel 1st Floor
  Sunday – October 18
  Hotel Guests Breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m.   KABR will have coffee, fruit and breakfast breads.  
  9:30 a.m. KABR Annual Meeting and Elections -  Stacey Harlow, President - Members Only          
  - Report on the 2015 Kansas Legislature
  - Policy positions on 2016 Legislation
  - Strategies and Next Steps
  - KABR Budget and Proposed Dues Increase
  - Elections for Board of Directors
  - 2016 Schedule
    12:00 noon - adjourn
  
  
  Special thanks to our industry partners – IMA Processing, LLC, Kansas Wine and Spirits Wholesalers Association, Standard Beverage Corporation, Glazer’s of Kansas, Worldwide Wine and Spirits, Kansas Beer Wholesalers Association.  We appreciate your support! 
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